February 2006
Is there a straightforward was of resetting the service computer on a 2004 Megane Scenic that is fairly easy. Its due its first service and after hearing the quote from Renault for what they do, will get it sorted elsewhere, but would like to know if this can be doen easily.
I have heard that there is a way by holding the trip button down on the speedo then turning the engine on - does this work on the Scenic!
Any help will be much appreciated from this first time poster! Read more
Bet that hurt.....
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I wondered what happend to the Gizmondo - shame - it was quite a good idea, and not too expensive, was very well specced / features - decent technology, just needed support from software houses.
I have been offered a June 2002 VW Passat 2.0 Sport Petrol Estate for £4100. The car has full VW dealer service history, 3 months parts and labour warranty and full HPI report. The only problem is it has 112 000 miles on the clock. Should I invest a 3 hour drive to go and see this vehicle? Read more
If it was a diesel it wouldn't be £4100, surely?
Hi all,
I recently purchased a Micra K12 Sport+ and love it except one niggling prob. There is a creaking sound from the rear on bends and some bumps at lower speeds like metal rubbing metal or plastic. Can anyone give me any ideas what it might be causing this before i go back to the dealer?
It almost sounds like the bootlid doesn't fit properly but this seems to be ok. I have been told it could be the bolts in the rear subframe cos on early models these were to long and had to be changed.
Any help would be much appreciated
Cheers
Greg Read more
It may not be serious. My k12 made a similar sound, it was the parcel shelf jumping up and down. Have someone press it down whilst you drive. Cured with self adhesive velcro. Also the rear seat back can tap against their stops making a similar sound - same cure.
I'm going travelling in July for at least a year. I own a Honda Jazz that I bought new in January 2003 (53) and I love it to bits. It's the SE model, has done just over 15000 miles and is in good condition except for a few bumps (2 of which caused by people opening their doors into mine). It's 3 year warranty runs out next January, (when I'm not here), and it'll also need it's first MOT then as well. Insurance runs out in July and the Tax in December this year.
My options are:
1) Keep it either in my parents garage or on their drive (with strict instructions to take it on a 5 mile blast once a week or whenever they are going somewhere a decent distance away). Put one or both of them as named drivers on my comprehensive insurance.
2) Sell it before I go.
(what are the implications re. NCD on not having car/insurance for a year? I've got 10 years NC at the mo.)
When I bought new I was intending to keep it for at least 5 years but because I'm not going to be here I'm not sure it's worth the hassle of sorting out insurance/servicing on a car I'm not going to be using for a year (and the money from the sale will be handy).
Any advice would be greatfully received!
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As regards value have a look on: www.parkers.co.uk/
I have looked left at the Autotrader link to judge prices.
If you do not sell it...I would have thought that a
decent 30-40 mile run (by your parents) once a month would
be better for the car than 5-10 miles weekly.
I am just coming towards the end of a year minding a car for my offspring while she is down under.
I would agree with the financial advice above and after a spell in OZ your next choice car might be different.
Factors in keeping rather than selling.
Some Negative points
1. Repeat of searching & finding the right vehicle.
We searched for 2months plus 100 miles to collect.
Gazza took 3 months and I had similar aggro plus 100miles to find my Mondeo.
2. Selling at the last moment
3. Repeat of risks with unknown history.
4. Tax, insurance, MoT, maintenance, loss of ££s in interest
Some Positive points
1. No car hire required during three week holiday back in the UK.
2. In our case only a three week window for a replacement purchase on return
3. Similar sized car bought in OZ so no problems re size
4. Happy with current car
5. No worries on the car from me or daughter.
6. I got 1000 miles of economy motoring.
7. No cost to change.
I got a 1500 limited mileage policy from Footman James.
£250 for a 1.3 2000 Yaris in the London area with me as named driver.
This allowed approx 100 miles a month to warm it up etc. and yes I used it about once a fortnight.
Whilst walking locally (Farnborough Hants) I have been accosted twice in the last 2 weeks by a guy carrying a green plastic petrol can in a plastic carrier bag, accompanied by a girl friend.
The line was "My car's run out of petrol, can you spare some change so I can get some petrol at the garage?"
In retrospect I'm sure it was the same couple/same words and I should have responded more robustly, but being taken by surprise I didn't.
Not that I don't have sympathy for my fellow motorist in distress you understand ...
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A subject like this always brings out the moralists.Would anyone want a rider with their wages telling them what they cannot spend it on?More like an excuse to be tight.If someone is a heroin addict or alchoholic they need their hit like we need air,denying them a quid is not going to affect them,us or society.
Many years ago,when I lived on the Gower peninsula,we walked to the village pub one evening for a few pints.On the way we passed a 'gentleman of the road'and his labrador.On leaving the pub they were getting themselves comfortable in the brick bus shelter outside.I nipped back into the pub and got the last roll on the counter and a bottle of brown ale and took them out to the shelter.The'paraffin lamp'took them,gave the roll to the dog and supped the brown.
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I have a Golf 1.6SE(8V)petrol, its done 70k and is on a 99 plate.
Is it possible to have it 'chipped' and is it worth spending the money on it? I'd like to increase its perforance and BHP.
Thanks Noel Read more
couldn't say, but I thought that the 1.6 was factory souped up anyhow-IIRC it is quite a bit more powerful than the 1.8 unit.
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Hi all,
I couldn't get to the BCA at Measham on Tuesday - heavy cold!
Did anyone clock the prices of the 3 MB A140s in the Motorability section:- FL52 YYR, BW52 OJS & YM52 JTX?
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No. But if you're thinking of an A-Class you should consider their reliability record very carefully. Lots of things go wrong and they are not easy or cheap to work on (you have to drop the engine subframe to change the alternator belt..!!).
Car MoT'd using the new on-line system - apparently a pain for the garage owner but easier for the car owner.
Last Wednesday renewed RFL on-line.
Painless apart from the £165.
Tax Disc arrived Friday
What a contrast from rolling up to the Post Office and getting in-line with 30+ others trying to get anything from stamps to Foreign Currency.
A Government computer system that works - next thing you know there will be cars coming out of Longbridge. Well may be not. Read more
I think it is an efficient service too, although I managed to screw it up myself ! I phoned them to ask why my tax disc hadn't arrived after 6 or 7 working days and very near to the start of the new month, they said they were sorry and immediately dispatched a duplicate disc by special delivery. However 45 seconds later I realised that we had some post which had dropped through the letter-box art a strange angle, and as I walked past I couldnt see it. I immediately phoned the DVLA back but they said even after 2 minutes they couldn't stop the process of sending out the duplicate.
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has put his weight behind a report which says Britain could go metric with its road signs within five years.
Lord Kinnock says in an introduction to the report by the UK Metric Association (UKMA) that the continued use of miles in Britain was the "most obvious example of the muddle of measurement units" in the country.
The report says there would be many benefits from converting road signs to show kilometres, metres and km/h (kilometres per hour).
These would include drivers getting consistent information, easier calculation of fuel consumption and speed limits more finely tuned to local road conditions, it says.
But the AA said a changeover would take far longer than five years and the Department of Transport said it had no plans to convert.
Lord Kinnock says in the report: "Our imperial road signs are perhaps the most obvious example of the muddle of measurement units in the United Kingdom.
"If the recommendations of this report are followed, Britain can join the modern metric world - and do so by the time that the all-metric Olympic Games open in London in 2012."
In its report, the UKMA calls on the Government to name an early date for making the change, which it says can be done economically and safely.
The UKMA says that the conversion of road signs was originally intended to be part of metrication when it started in 1965 and should have been completed by 1973. However, it was put on hold in 1970 and then never reinstated.
The Association argues that this has left a system where most of Britain is officially metric leaving road signs as a "confusing" exception.
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"40 gallons"
Per barrel, that is - not hat.
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Not disputing with you but when I questioned this with Renault when my Scenic needed serviced, they said it had to be a VAT registered garage.